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There has been a great response to the first International CAT-iq Student Design Competition: The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the home communication industry, has received registrations from design students from all over the world.
To enter the competition, students may present either a concept, or a fully realized prototype.
The registration period for the competition closes on September 19, 2008.
"It is not only the cash prizes that attract students to participate.
It is even more that students and their work get exposed to worldwide industry professionals, a terrific path for beginning a career", says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.
The CAT-iq Student Design Competition solicits innovative approaches for new and leading-edge products and services in the area of home communication.
"Students in the field of industrial design, interactive design, gaming design, and electronic engineering,are unique in their ability to impact the quality of people's future in-house communication and cordless telephony", says Erich Kamperschroer.
"Hence, we ask students to face many fascinating challenges in designing usable and enjoyable services, applications, and devices for the consumers."
CAT-iq, the global technology platform for wireless communication, is the successor of the reliable DECT standard.
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Innermost, the London and Hong Kong-based lighting and homewares design group announced the launch of key new products by leading designers at this years 100% Design, London for Spring 2009.
The collection will be distinguished by exciting collaborations with designers Peter Mac Cann / Made, designedbyitem and Massimo Fenati.
The collaboration with Peter Mac Cann / Made has created two stunning pieces covering both lighting and housewares, Halo and Tie.
Both designs are created from aluminium and mix the soft natural tone of the metal with bright paint finishes to create simplistic and stylish pieces.
Steve Jones co-founder of Innermost is particularly excited about this new collaboration with Peter Mac Can and Made their designs have a simple but elegant engineered quality that hides the complexity that has gone into creating them.
Working with Innermost for the first time, Cedric Ragot part of the design collection designedbyitem, created Mantel Dome a modern rendition of the venerable carriage clock.
The design highlights that time is precious and fragile, time should be glorified by placing it under the blown glass dome.
Massimo Fenati s Flick is a fun and witty play on the relationship between light and switch.
The piece gently diffuses the light within the interior, and you will never again miss the switch.
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Nokia today introduced the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, a new premium mobile phone that marries the timeless design of the Nokia 8800 Arte range with materials that reflect a new exclusivity based on refinement and authenticity.
Engineered from carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is for individuals who appreciate uncompromised high performance.
Carbon fibre is an ultra light and strong material that expresses a woven pattern that is both high-tech and sensuous.
Custom built to ensure the precision engineering that these materials require, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte features 3D patterns that express the inherent performance and lustre of carbon fibre.
Inspired by the use of these materials in a range of areas, including architecture, sports cars and aerospace, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte reflects a modern feel through the unique tones, textures and sculpted shapes that carbon fibre and titanium deliver.
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The Poly chair, the newest addition to Bonaldo's partnership with the eclectic designer Karim Rashid, has not only met with great commercial success since its presentation in 2007, but is also appreciated by some of the most exacting design professionals.
This has been confirmed by both the Chicago Athenaeum and the Design Zentrum in Essen, Germany, which have respectively awarded it the Good Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award - two well-known and much appreciated international awards that guarantee the excellence of a product's quality and design.
Poly - as in "polycarbonate", the material from which the chair is entirely made - combines the maximum level of comfort for the seat and a perfect degree of inclination for the chair back.
Poly can be stacked and is also suitable for external and contract use.
It comes in a variety of colours and finishes: transparent, semi-transparent pink, semi-transparent lime, black and white shiny versions and, from 2008, in the transparent orange and smoked versions.n
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AIGA, the professional association for design, today issued an ambitious call to action, tasking the next generation of creative thinkers with developing solutions to the global water crisis in its first annual Aspen Design Challenge, dubbed "Designing Water's Future."
The international contest challenges cross-disciplinary student teams to develop design solutions that encourage responsible water use, provide access to freshwater to those in need and increase awareness about the importance of water conservation.
The rules and guidelines for the Challenge were distributed to thousands of faculty and students at more than 250 universities from Beijing to Boston, and are available to all with the launch of the Aspen Design Challenge website.
Winners will have the opportunity to refine and develop their concepts with world leaders and policy makers at the Aspen Environment Forum, and their solutions will be discussed at the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the World Business Summit on Climate Change.
The Aspen Design Challenge is a joint project developed by AIGA and INDEX:, a global nonprofit design network, with the purpose of engaging the millennial generation in solving an emerging set of global issues.
The Challenge is issued as part of the Aspen Design Summit, an international conference organized for leaders from business, the public sector and nonprofit organizations.
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